I have an IP phone that only has Ethernet over Copper, I was thinking of connecting it to my Ethernet port on my desktop that I run Puppy Linux 5.2.5, by bridging these 2 interfaces. Is this possible? I believe Puppy needs the bridging utils but not sure how to go about it, any help will be appreciated.

Now comes the part I'm a little unsure about - you definitely need to bridge your wifi interface to your ethernet interface, but I think (?) you need to first establish a wifi connection to your router.
So run the Network Wizard, and set up an internet connection using the "wlan0" wifi interface.
Now you need to disable DHCP on the wlan0 interface, with these commands -

Now run the Network Wizard again. Don't touch the "wlan0" settings.
Set up an internet connection using the "br0" (bridged) interface, by clicking on the "Auto DHCP" button.

Now connect your IP phone to the ethernet port on your Puppy computer, and see if the phone can acquire an internet connection.

EDIT: May 29 2012
Your wifi interface might not be "wlan0"
It might be "eth1" or "ath0" or "ra0" or "rausb" - the Network Wizard will tell you.
Obviously, substitute "wlan0" with the correct name of your interface.Last edited by tempestuous on Tue 29 May 2012, 00:07; edited 1 time in total

Apologies tempestuous I did not notice the replies to my post... I did not have to use this as I got a software IP phone that forwards call to my mobile.. thanks for the help though..am sure someone else will come looking for this and will find it useful...

My setup has a DSL router with wireless attached to my eth0 port on my PC with another wireless router/no DSL attached to the DSL router.
So I have a private network, second router as well as the DSL router and 2 wireless access points. This setup allows me to have one configured with a key and the other open.
I live too far from the nearest neighbor to worry about encryption though.

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